We have compiled for you a collection of inspiring, wise, and humorous ancient humility quotes, sayings of humility, and parables of humility, collected over the years from a wide range of different sources.
“A modest little person, with much to be modest about." Winston S. Churchill
“To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness." Benjamin Franklin
“Modesty is the color of virtue. " Diogenes
“Let us be clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility." Paulo Coelho
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." Harry Truman
“Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself. " Meredith Duran
“It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it." A.A. Milne
“The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is a twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. " Mark Twain
“False modesty can be worse than arrogance." David Mitchell
“Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor." Noah Webster
“The thunder of false modesty was deafening." Sebastian Faulks
“Modesty is the conscience of the body." Honoré de Balzac
“No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune." Mary Wortley Montagu
“We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings when of ourselves we publish them." William Shakespeare
“The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity." Max Beerbohm
“Modesty is invisibility. Never forget it. To be seen is to be penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable." Margaret Atwood
“You do not become smarter by blowing your own horn. You become smarter by being humble." Dr. T.P.Chia
“Modesty is the lowest of the virtues and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others." William Hazlitt
“A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of." Joseph Addison
“When you know who you are, you won't have false modesty." Sunday Adelaja
“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. But I am too busy thinking about myself." Edith Sitwell
“Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion." Major Taylor
“In life, humility is not a handicap, arrogance is not a strength." Dr. T.P.Chia
“Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked." Richard Brinsley Sheridan
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not egotism. It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success." Bobbe Sommer
“Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue." John Kenneth Galbraith
“Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy." Remy de Gourmont
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